Alexandra Bruell

WHITE PLAINS, NY: ITT is expected to make structural changes in its communications department following completion of the spinoff of its Defense and Water businesses into publicly traded companies later this year.

BALTIMORE: Visit Baltimore, the city's nonprofit tourism organization, issued an RFP as the city's current agency contract expires June 30.

PURCHASE, NY: PepsiCo revamped various roles within the communications department.

SUNNYVALE, CA: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) hired Edelman as its US AOR, following a competitive review that began earlier this year. Sources close to the review confirmed a budget of $5 to $8 million dollars.

This week, Levi's new CMO Rebecca Van Dyck is transitioning from phones to jeans.

NEW YORK: Omnicom Group reported $286.4 million in global PR revenue for Q1 2011, a 3.9% increase over Q1 in 2010.

NEW YORK: Rubenstein PR signed several new accounts, including Magnolia Bakery, photographer Fadil Berisha, documentary Discover the Gift, and solar energy provider Solar Rainbow.

PARSIPPANY, NJ: Coyne Public Relations has added two AOR accounts to its toy and juvenile products division: Nuk USA and Playmobil USA.

CHICAGO: Kmart hired Alison Brod PR to work on a fashion account that went up for review early this year, PRWeek has learned.

LOS ANGELES: Ruder Finn acquired The Rogers Group in an effort to strengthen operations on the West Coast, said Ruder Finn co-CEO Peter Finn.